| March 20, 2007 | It is with great sadness that we have to post the news of Duncan Blewett's passing on February 24th 2007. Duncan was one of the true pioneers in psychedelic research and he will be missed dearly by his friends and family. We prepared a page with some notes about this wonderful man - Duncan's Obituary. |
| September 17, 2006 |
Our member Myron Stolaroff had a lively phone conversation with Dr. Hofmann recently and is providing us with a summary of his discussion. Dr. Hofmann is well on his way to his 101st birthday in January and is doing very well for his age. You can read Myron's note here: A Discussion with Doctor Albert Hofmann, Ph.D. Oliver Mandrake, president of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, attended the celebratory events in Basel in January 2006. His review was recently published in the MAPS bulletin, his review can also be found here: The Spirit of Basel We have also been in contact with Richard Yensen, Ph.D., who has been involved with psychedelic treatment for many years. We are looking forward to publishing some of his papers on our site in the near future. We will post a note on this page. |
| August 17, 2006 | We added a review of the outstanding LSD conference in Basel to our reviews section. Titled The Spirit of Basel - the subtitle of the conference - it is a personal recap of the events that took place during this milestone in psychedelic conferences. We hope to add some photos in the future, our camera was not powerful enough to capture good images, but we will try to obtain permission to use some taken with professional equipment. |
| May 9, 2006 |
We added an interesting new article to the Garry Fisher collection: A Note
of the Successful Outcome of a Single Dose LSD Experience in a Patient
Suffering from Grand Mal Epilepsy |
| March 27, 2006 |
Donald P. Allen provides an in
depth review of the excellent book "Higher Wisdom - Eminent
Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics Donald goes into great detail in his discussion of this book, providing helpful insight about it's sections and the authors that contributed. We highly recommend this book, one of the finest publications on this topic in the last years. |
| February 27, 2006 |
We are excited to present two new updates to our site! Rak Razam wrote one of the best articles about the recent LSD conference in Basel, held to celebrate Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday. Rak kindly allowed us to present his article on our site, it was originally published in The Age on February 4, 2006. We hope you will find his article - Tripping the Light Fantasmic - as enjoyable as we do! We are happy to present you with a transcript of Myron Stolaroff's presentation at the recent LSD conference. Myron spoke on The Future of Human Consciousness to an overflowing room with standing ovation; we hope you will enjoy this article, especially if you could not attend the conference or presentation! Our president wrote his own recap of the Basel conference which will be published in the upcoming Maps magazine; we will add it to our site after the magazine has been published and you will find a link to it here soon.
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| August 18, 2005 |
Myron Stolaroff provides a detailed and in depth review of the book Zig, Zag, Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics, with discussions of the different opinions and theories that can be found in this great book.
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| August 8, 2005 |
We received a revised version of the article "A Family Uniting" by a friend and supporter. This wonderful and touching story of a father sharing very special and healing times with his brother and two adult children can be found in the Voices section by following this link: A Family Uniting
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| July 16, 2005 |
One new review added to the The Hofmann Collection Reviews.
An other exciting addition: Recently we received images of an original Sandoz box used to deliver vials of LSD-25 to researchers in the USA. The owner of the box kindly allowed us to show this item of his collection on our site, you can find the images on our Sandoz Box page.
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| June 18, 2005 |
Myron Stolaroff's article "MDMA and personal growth" was added to the papers section. In this article - originally intended for Julie Holland's book Ecstasy, the Complete Guide - Myron describes his view of MDMA as a tool for personal growth and a great help in therapy. To quote from the introductory paragraph: "The most fitting description that I can give (MDMA) is that it is an outstanding grace." A wonderful article, sadly it had to be cut from the manuscript to allow for a lower page count of the book. Several articles had to be removed, now you can read Myron Stolaroff's contribution here. To learn more about Dr. Holland's outstanding book please visit her website at drholland.com . |
| Mar 21, 2005 |
One new review added to the The Hofmann Collection Reviews. The Therapeutic Value of Lysergic
Acid Diethylamide in Mental Illness
A short note from Myron Stolaroff on the current situation of psychedelic research, especially regarding MDMA, and a link to an outstanding article by Neal Goldsmith, Ph. D was added here.
The mescaline experience is without any question the most extraordinary
and significant experience available to human beings this side of the
Beatific Vision. To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception,
to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and inner worlds, not
as they appear to an animal obsessed with survival or to a human being
obsessed with words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly
and unconditionally, by Mind at Large -- this is an experience of inestimable
value to anyone.
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| Feb 15, 2005 |
Two new articles are added to the Gary Fisher Collection: Some Comments Concerning
Dosage Levels Of Psychedelic DEATH, IDENTITY, AND CREATIVITY |
| Jan 22, 2005 |
Two new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. The Treatment
of Frigidity with LSD and Ritalin Treatment of
the Neurotic Patient, Resistant to the Usual Techniques of Psychotherapy,
with Special Reference to LSD Our normal waking consciousness...is but one special type of consciousness,
whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there
lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through
life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus,
and at a touch they are there in all their completeness....No account
of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other
forms of consciousness quite disregarded. How to regard them is the
question,--for they are so discontinuous with ordinary consciousness.
Yet they may determine attitudes though they cannot furnish formulas,
and open a region though they fail to give a map. At any rate, they
forbid a premature closing of our accounts with reality. Looking back
on my own experiences [with nitrous oxide] they all converge toward
a kind of insight to which I cannot help ascribing some metaphysical
significance. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Dr. Albert Hofmann celebrated his 99th birthday on January 11th! To honor and congratulate him on this special day MAPS
organized a phone conference with Dr. Hofmann the day after his birthday. MAPS is providing an MP3 recording of this conference as audio stream or file to download. To listen via streaming follow the instructions on this page: http://www.maps.org/conferences/ah99/howto.html To download the MP3 file to your computer follow this direct link: |
| Dec 12, 2004 |
Two new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. Lysergic
Acid Diethylamide The Use of
Lysergic Acid in Individual Psychotherapy I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing
capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice
and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem
child could become a wonder child. |
| Nov 9, 2004 |
A new review added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. LSD and genetic
damage. Is LSD chromosome damaging, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic? One new article added to the papers section: Lysergy by Francisco Lázaro Filho, a summary of his experiences with LSD during a lifetime committed to spiritual/mystical research. What I found further surprising about LSD was its ability to produce
such a far-reaching, powerful, inebriated condition without leaving
a hangover. Completely to the contrary, on the day after the LSD experience
I felt myself to be in excellent physical and mental condition.
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| Oct 22, 2004 |
One new article added to the Gary Fisher Collection: Successful
Outcome of a Single LSD Treatment in a Chronically Dysfunctional Man One new article added to the "Papers" section: A Case of
Homosexuality and Character Disorder in a Man of 37 Treated by L.S.D.
and Resolved within Four Months |
| Oct 5, 2004 |
Two new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. Lysergic Acid
Diethylamide as an Analgesic Agent The treatment
of twelve male homosexuals with "LSD." The spiritual awakening of The Summer of Love left a permanent impact
not only on its generation but on the world. In Germany, England and
Spain new ideals and ideas have grown from the fertile soil of psychedelics.
Even in the Soviet Union bootlegged copies of Peter Stafford's Psychedelics
Encyclopedia circulated from hand to hand in an underground based on
spirit.
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| Sep 26, 2004 |
Two outstanding articles are added to the Gary Fisher Collection: Counter-Transference Issues
in Psychedelic Psychotherapy Treatment of Childhood Schizophrenia
Utilizing LSD and Psilocybin At that time of my life, I was deeply interested in the Eastern
religions, and when the drug (LSD) overpowered my awareness I began
to experience what can only be described as samadhi: "the final
stage in the practice of Yoga, in which individuality is given up while
merging with the object of meditation." For the first, and alas,
to date the only time in my life, I experienced the unspeakable bliss
of total unity and integration. Subject and object became one -- there
were no questions because all that existed was a pristine "answer"
in and of itself: perfectly related to everything else in seamless unity.
There was no good or evil, no right or wrong, only integrated perfection.
. . To this day I have wondered how such a state of consciousness can
be so close to normal awareness, yet so difficult to attain and maintain.
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| Sep 5, 2004 | The Albert Hofmann foundation is proud to announce
a new collection of articles in the Gary
Fisher Collection. Gary Fisher, Ph.D., is one of the very knowledgeable investigators in the early days of LSD research. He is a clinical psychologist who is one of the pioneer workers in psychotherapy utilizing LSD and psilocybin. His training was with members of the Saskatchewan Group who were trained by Al Hubbard. He did extensive work treating schizophrenic and autistic children as well as cancer patients. The impressive results he obtained in these categories give testimony to the remarkable potential these substances offer when administered with wisdom and understanding. Dr. Fisher's published papers will be presented in the category PAPERS; the first two articles to be put online are: Psychotherapy for the Dying: Principles and Illustrative Cases with Special Reference to the Use of LSD The Psychotherapeutic Use of Psychodysleptic Drugs, co-authored with another very knowledgeable English investigator, Joyce Martin, M.D. According to several surveys, over 90% of those taking psychedelics
under correct circumstances and in proper dosage have transcendental
experiences. In other words, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions
of Americans saw God, or something convinced them this was what we call
God and what they saw turned out to match the visions of seers, prophets,
saints and poets in all creeds and languages.
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| July 19, 2004 |
Two new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. Note: In this update we review two very good articles that go hand in hand. Since the first article we review is referenced in the second, we recommend that the interested reader follow this sequence. The Psychedelic Experience - A New
Concept in Psychotherapy LSD: Therapeutic Effects of the Psychedelic
Experience LSD is genuinely enlightening, and there are many people who can
say, as I have, "I would meditate for a thousand years just for
another moment like that one." There are many doors to a broader
consciousness. Why are we afraid of the doors that are open? |
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| June 29, 2004 |
News from Albert Hofmann in response to some exciting developments: Spurred by a recent letter, Dr Hofmann called to express his appreciation for the information he had received. This included a report on a recent conference in San Francisco, Altered States and Spiritual Awakening. Many of the presenters were well known investigators of psychedelic substances. Also reported was a review of three FDA approved projects for studying the effectiveness of psychedelic substances in therapeutic applications. This is the first approval of employing psychedelic substances in almost thirty years. Included are a project employing MDMA for Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome, using psilocybin with dying cancer patients to relieve pain and suffering and the fear of dying, and administering psilocybin to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Dr. Hofmann was particularly excited about treating dying patients
with psychedelics. He feels that it is an absolute must for us to help
dying patients with psychedelics. A good deal of work has been done
in the past which has established the relief of pain that LSD can provide,
as well as eliminating the fear of dying. He considers it criminal that
dying patients be deprived of this outstanding help, and we must do
whatever is possible to provide this comforting service so that they
can die in a meaningful way.
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| June 28, 2004 |
One new review added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. THE USE OF
PSYCHEDELIC AGENTS WITH AUTISTIC SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN These drugs are also distinguished by great medical safety, particularly
the indoles. They do not kill, injure or produce any serious physical
toxicity even in large overdoses or chronic use over lifetimes. Despite
much desire and activity on the part of some scientists, reporters and
governmental agencies to come up with damning evidence of harm, the
true psychedelics still look like the safest drugs known. |
| June 7, 2004 |
Two new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews. PSYCHEDELIC
LSD RESEARCH LSD Chromosomes
and Sensationalism LSD is genuinely enlightening, and there are many people who can
say, as I have, "I would meditate for a thousand years just for
another moment like that one." There are many doors to a broader
consciousness. Why are we afraid of the doors that are open? |
| May 21, 2004 |
Two new reviews added to the The Hofmann Collection Reviews. The Therapeutic
Potential of LSD-25 The Use of
LSD-25 in the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Psychiatric Problems
LSD shows an unbelievable spectrum. And the only lesson that we
can draw from it is that we are not discussing a substance -- that we
are discussing intrinsic, inherent properties of the human mind that
are somehow activated by this catalyzing effect of the substance. So
that the controversy related to LSD simply reflects the controversy
in regards to who we are, in regards to our own mind. |
| March 26, 2004 |
Three new reviews added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews.
As the LSD began to take effect, I suddenly said in a very loud
voice, while pounding on top of a file, "Every psychiatrist, every
psychoanalyst should be forced to take LSD in order to know what is
over here." What I meant was that anybody who has anything to do
with the human mind and its care should be trained in these spaces. |
| March 3, 2004 |
Three new reviews are added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews.
I think that as a result of the psychedelic experience there's a
heightened sense of the drama of life, including its brevity, and a
realization both of the importance of one's individual life and of the
fact that a sacred task has been given to the individual in the development
of the self. |
| February 22, 2004 | It is with great sadness that we report that
Humphry Osmond, M.D., the man who invented the word "psychedelic,"
has passed away. He died at home, peacefully, on Friday February 6th,
2004 at the age of 86.
Along with his colleague, John Smythies, Osmond shocked the medical community in 1952 by drawing attention to the structural similarity between the mescaline and adrenaline molecules. They theorized that schizophrenia might result when the brain releases an endogamous hallucinogen, possibly derived from adrenaline. Osmond observed that using mescaline seemed to allow a healthy person to see the world through the eyes of a schizophrenic person. He suggested that the drug be used as a tool to help doctors and nurses understand their patients better. Working with Abram Hoffer and their team in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, from 1952 until 1961, Humphry Osmond became one of the world's leading experts on the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs. His research attracted widespread attention within scientific circles. When Aldous Huxley-- the eminent British novelist who wrote Brave New World--learned of Osmond's work with mescaline and LSD, he wrote to Osmond to offer himself up as a test subject. Osmond was apprehensive about the experiment. "I did not really want to be known as the man who had driven Aldous mad," he said later. His worries proved to be unfounded, and their experience gave Huxley the inspiration for his famous essay, The Doors of Perception. Their friendship lasted until Huxley's death in 1963. In correspondence with Huxley in 1956, Osmond coined the word "psychedelic." The two men were looking for a word to describe this new class of drugs, and they were doing so in rhyme. Huxley wrote: "To make this trivial world sublime, To which Osmond responded: "To fathom hell or soar angelic In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Osmond also taught psychiatry for several years at Princeton University. Later, he and his wife moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he worked at the Bryce Hospital until his retirement in 1990. He contributed articles to many journals and authored several books; among them: How to Cope With Illness (1979); How to Live With Schizophrenia (1974; Models of madness, models of medicine (1974); Understanding Understanding (1973); Psychedelics: The Uses and Implications of Hallucinogenic Drugs (editor, 1971); and The Hallucinogens (1967). Dr. Osmond is survived by his wife Jane, his children Helen, Fee and Julian and his sister Dorothy For myself, my experiences with these substances have been the most
strange, most awesome, and among the most beautiful things in a varied
and fortunate life. These are not escapes from but enlargements, burgeonings
of reality. |
| February 2, 2004 |
Three new reviews are added to The Hofmann Collection Reviews.
As way-shower of appropriate values and behavior and revealers of
man's ultimate capabilities, psychedelics have in my opinion no equal
anywhere.
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| December 10, 2003 | Three new reviews are added to The
Hofmann Collection Reviews.
"It is incredible and shameful that these drugs have been treated
the way they have. Albert Hofmann should have won the Noble Prize and
been canonized forty years ago for what he started." |
| November 11, 2003 |
Added to PAPERS Announcement of our new endeavor to review the outstanding papers in
the Hofmann Collection on the Erowid website. See the discussion and
directions on the Science\Papers\Hofmann
Collection Reviews. Reviews added at this time are as follows. Click
the title to bring up the Review.
"We need to go into the heart of the beast armed with compassion
for the fears of the government and the majority of pople who support
it. We need to address these fears in a reliable way, and we also need
to point out that the drugs we would like to see in wider use are helpful
not only to ourselves but also to the very people who are trying to
stamp them out. Virtually everyone will either get cancer or will have
a loved one get cancer. Marijuana can help them. MDMA can help them.
Everyone wonders about religious question. Psychedelics can help them." |
| March 24, 2003 |
Update on Dr. Hofmann: I spoke to Dr. Hofmann on March 12, and found him quite ill, to the extent that he terminated the conversation. He was experiencing much pain in the body so that it was difficult for him to walk. Furthermore, he had a serious congestion in his lungs. With unusual strength at 97 years old, he demonstrated his resilience by several days later responding with interest and strength in his voice. --Myron Stolaroff, Editor
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"For myself, my experiences with these substances have been the most strange, most awesome, and among the most beautiful things in a varied and fortunate life. These are not escapes from but enlargements, burgeonings of reality." --Huphry Osmond
"Our conclusion after 13 years of research is that properly used LSD therapy can convert a large number of alcoholics into sober members of society… Even more important is the fact that this can be done very quickly and therefore very economically. Whereas with standard therapy one bed might be used to treat about 4 to 6 patients per year, with LSD one can easily treat up to 36 patients per bed per year." --Abram Hoffer
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November 11, 2002 |
A major tragedy of our times is the failure of our government and the
public at large to recognize the outstanding value of psychedelic substances
when properly understood and applied. Totally ignored are many successful
research projects in the 1950's and 1960's demonstrating the effectiveness
of LSD and other psychedelics in a variety of therapeutic applications.
(There were also many projects that were claimed to establish that LSD
had no useful functions. These were conducted by investigators determined
to find adverse results, or by those who had no understanding of the
true nature of psychedelic substances and how to employ them.) Many
of these projects will be brought to light in our next and subsequent
postings. Dr. Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD, in 1996 arranged
for his 40 year collection of scientific papers covering over 4,000
publications on LSD, psilocybin, and related topics, to be transferred
to the Albert Hofmann Foundation. With the financial support of MAPS,
the managers of the Erowid website have digitized this entire collection
of documents, and they will soon be available on the Internet.
Failure to recognize the true nature and application of psychedelic
substances stems primarily from the insistence of modern scientists
to view the universe as a physical mechanism. Invisible energy and transpersonal
levels of awareness are essentially ignored. Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.
and a number of other scientists have now established that the previously
strongly held views on the function of genes have now been found inaccurate.
Below are links to two papers by Lipton reviewing the current situation.
The first, The Human Genome Project, is a less complex overview;
the second, Nature, Nurture and Human Development, is more detailed
and is complete with references. These papers and others in the field
demonstrate that a more thorough investigation of the functions being
researched brings to light important realities not previously recognized.
Discerning discoveries reveal the errors of long held beliefs, at the
same time giving much greater hope for the ability of humans to be masters
of their fate. When permitted, the same kind of approach to psychedelics
by informed researchers can reveal enormous progress in healing a variety
of illnesses and afflictions, as well as open the doors to greater awareness,
creative discoveries, improved communication, self knowledge, and personal
and spiritual development, as has now been discovered by thousands of
individuals throughout the world. Added to PAPERS:
"Consciousness is what we're in need of to avoid running off the cliff into armageddon. If the claim that these drugs expand consciousness, promote empathy, and allow deeper insights into our problems has any validity at all, it should be explored very carefully and very thouroughly." --Terence McKenna Added to REVIEWS:
"I firmly believe that contemporary spiritual use of entheogenic
drugs is one of humankind's brightest hopes for overcoming the ecological
crisis from which we threaten the biosphere and jeopardize our own survival,
for Homo sapiens is close to the head of the list of endangered
species." . |
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Added to REVIEWS:
"What attracted me to what is called "drugs" mistakenly -- I'm talking about psychedelics -- is the fact that they not only alter but expand consciousness. They allow you to view the world with new eyes in new ways. They are very dangerous because they are going to make people less willing to swallow a lot of stuff that the politicians hand out to them and which the general society believes in." --Nina Graboi
". . .I see no real hope in the government field. Brief palliations there may be here and there, but not healing of the fundamental disease. It may be that conditions will have to continue to grow worse, that mass-man will try, as never before, to wield decision with respect to problems hopelessly beyond his comprehension, and that, when he has failed utterly, as he must fail, and is entangled in the impossible maze of his own construction, then in true humility he will call for help from Those who alone can give that help. In that day, and not before, the problem of government can be solved. For the inescapable fact is that the problem of practical government is too complex for mere subject-object consciousness, however highly developed. The perspective of the Higher Consciousness is an absolute requisite." --Franklin Merrell-Wolff
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A number of excellent books in the field of psychedelics by outstanding authorities in the field have appeared in the last year. Reviews of two very significant books are presented below. Others will be added at later dates. Add to Section REVIEWS:
"The experience is something like artificial sanity, a temporary anesthesia of the neurotic self. I mostly use MDMA as an "opener" at some point in psychotherapy, not only for the wealth of the material gained during the session but for how it facilitates therapeutic work in the aftermath. " --Claudio Naranjo
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"With these psychedelic drugs, science stands on an awesome threshold. Some religious leaders would undoubtedly consider it improper for man to tread upon the holy ground of the unconscious, protesting against the exploration of "inner space" as they have campaigned against the exploration of outer space. But man's apparent destiny to seek an ever greater comprehension of the nature of reality cannot be thwarted or suppressed." --Walter Pahnke and --William Richards
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Added to the Section REVIEWS:
"I do not know of any single document illustrating the extraordinary healing and transformative potential of psychedelics in a way that matches in its importance this book by Harriette Frances and the unique illustrations that accompany it. Her ability to find artistic expression for the images and depth of her psyche is truly extraordinary!" --Stanislav Grof, M.D. Author, LSD Psychotherapy General cleanup of site eliminating outdated information
"I was amazed and somewhat embarrassed to find myself going through states of consciousness that corresponded precisely with every description of major mystical experiences that I had ever read. Furthermore, they exceeded both in depth and in a peculiar quality of unexpectedness the three 'natural and spontaneous' experiences of this kind that had happened to me in previous years." --Alan Watts |
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December 17, 2001 |
For the First time in over 25 years, the FDA has approved the use of psychedelic compounds (now preferably known as entheogens--contacting the God within) to study their effectiveness in therapeutic applications. The first project recently approved employing an entheogen substance involves the application of psilocybin for the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Click here for details. More recently, the FDA has approved a project permitting the study
of MDMA for the relief of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. A detailed
account of the actions and events leading up to final approval, as well
as details of the project, may be found by clicking
here. A great deal of background information is also provided. A
variety of media reports covering this subject may be found by clicking
here. "One feels that one can examine both one's motives and actions, and those of others, calmly and objectively, with acceptance and compassion. Affection and acceptance temporarily replace one's fears. The dominant experience is one of calm and understanding. Depending on the material contained in the unconscious, the patient will deal with any situation, from childhood traumas, to long-felt adult insecurities, to deeply repressed emotions." --Joseph Downing, M.D. about MDMA Added to the Section REVIEWS:
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September 27, 2001 |
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, Dr. Oscar Janiger. Oscar Janiger died early in the morning of August 14, 2001, surrounded by his two sons and a few close friends. Kidney and heart failure were the causes of death. "Oz," as his friends and associates like to call him, was a scientist,
psychotherapist, and author, most noted as one of the early dedicated
investigators of LSD and other psychedelic substances. He made very
important contributions in this field, and his very active, searching
mind took him into many additional areas of study. For a more detailed
account of his interests, activities, and contributions, see the
Hofmann Report in MAPS dedicated to him. A personal report from
Oscar Janiger may be read here.
"An unusual wealth of asociations and images, the sharpening of color perception, the synthesis, the remarkable attention to detail, the accessibility of past impressions and memories, the heightened emotional excitement, the sense of direct and intrinsic awareness, and the propensity for the enviroment 'to compose itself' into perfect tableaus and harmonious compositions." -- Oscar Janiger, describing psychedelic effects Added to the section: REVIEWS
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"In the early '80s a friend of mine talked to me about MDMA. I was a practicing psychotherapist at the time and I began to use it in my practice. I Administered it to hudreds of people while it was legal… I saw extraordinary transformations. What a terrible shame that a tool so valuable to people was taken away." -- John Robbins
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Added to PAPERS under SCIENCE:
"Teachers and practitioners of meditation and related forms of spiritual work describe the experience as being fundamentally an opening of the heart-center--which is considered in most systems to be the foundation for all further psychospiritual growth and practice. One teacher suggested that the Adam (MDMA) experience facilitates the dissolving of barriers between body, mind, and spirit: one sensed the aware presence of spirit infusing the structures of the body and the images and attitudes of the mind." --Ralph Metzner Added to the section REVIEWS: Added to the section VOICES: |
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January 30, 2001 |
Added to Reviews:
Added to Voices: "LSD shows an unbelievable spectrum. And the only lesson that we can draw from it is that we are not discussing a substance -- that we are discussing intrinsic, inherent properties of the human mind that are somehow activated by this catalyzing effect of the substance. So that the controversy related to LSD simply reflects the controversy in regards to who we are, in regards to our own mind." --Stanislav Grof |
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